Marengo vs New Odanah

A side-by-side comparison of Marengo and New Odanah: population, income, housing, and more.

Marengo and New Odanah are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Odanah has the higher population (318 vs 142 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $42,125 in New Odanah). New Odanah has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $118,800 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	New Odanah
Population	142	318
Median age	27.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$42,125
Median home value	$118,800	$155,800
Median gross rent	$734	$430
Housing units	71	109
Homeownership rate	55.2%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	New Odanah
Population	115 → 142 (+23.5%)	484 → 318 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $55,833 (+7.6%)	$45,000 → $42,125 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $118,800 (+38.1%)	$58,800 → $155,800 (+165.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $734 (+2.1%)	$332 → $430 (+29.5%)

Marengo

Population

115142

Median household income

$51,875$55,833

Median home value

$86,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$719$734

New Odanah

Population

484318

Median household income

$45,000$42,125

Median home value

$58,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$332$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marengo	New Odanah
Under 5	10.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	22.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	2.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	New Odanah
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	70.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	New Odanah
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	New Odanah
Drove alone	91.3%	69.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	New Odanah
1-unit, detached	42.3%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	New Odanah
Poverty rate	8.6%	20.5%
Average household size	2.45	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1982	1988